, 1887-02-15
THE SECRETS OF PALMIsTRY.
How the Paimists Tell Fortunes by this
Lines of the Hand. q

How the Painiists Tell Fortunes by tho
Lines Of the Hand.
As many persons want to know how TO
tell fortunes by the hand. Just for the
fun of the thing" the following brief di-
r~ections will suffice to enable any reader
to emulate the proves of the gypsies in
an art which is held to be peculiarly their
own.
Begin with the line of life, starting
from a point IN inch below the bottom
of the first finger and tracing it 10 its
termination ut the base of the thumb. If
well defined and unbroken, it is said to
denote long life; if cut and intersected by
other lines, illness. Every inch of the
line of life is supposed to stand for ten
years, and a distinct break at II point
indicates death at that age, estimated by
its distance from the starting point Of
the line.
The line of the head. o.. as it is some
times called, "the line of intellect, - is the
next thing to be looked for. 1t sweeps
horizontally across the palm, starting
simultaneously with the line of life. If
clear and unbroken. it is supposed to
indicate u logical intellect. If much
notched, with lines entering it from other
parts, it indicates that this intellect may
II into many f~ancies; as, for instance,
If the lines enter from the base of the
middle finger the tastes will run to weird
looks or to solitary scheming.
The line above the last named, running
from between the bases of the first and
second finger to the base of the little
finger, is h Lne of the heart, indicating
sociability and affection. When much
broken and intersected, it means hat the
owne viii be the slave of his or her pas
sions, especially those passions which are
designated as ''tender" or erotic. 1t is
usually the most broken and irregular of
all the lines of the hand, on which ac-
count the ancient palmists probably
selected it.
The line which runs perpendicularly
from the root of the second finger to the
wrist is called the line of fortune, and
the more broken and irregular this is the
better for the possessor. If these broken
II added lines are generally parallel
10 the original line they denote streaks of
good luck or good fortune; if they cut it
across they denote crosses or ups
and downs in life. Unfortunately, the
latter is the rule.
The mounts are the little feshy
plOiilultllCto AT tUf IODtS Vi tnt fingers
and between the joints. AT the foot of
the first finger is the mount of Jupiter;
the second is sacred to Saturn, the third
to the Sun and the little finger to Mer-
curry Below the latter and on the right
side of the hand is the hill of Mars; still
further below is the hill of the Moon. OF
these Jupiter is propitious, Saturn means
i'll luck. the Sun riches, Mercury knavish-
ness and '~'smartness;'' Mars war or
military genius, and the Moon mood
ness, crankiness or a tendency to phil
osophical speculations. According to
the extent to which the lines on these
mounts" are marked and the promi-
hence of the mounts themselves, the
characteristics and fortune of the indi-
vidual are foretold. Three strongly
marked horizontal lines at the base of
the hand, when present, constitute the
regal bracelet, " and are supposed to
indicate long and prosperous life, with
strong will power Baltimore Herald.